# Renewal programs: open

URL: /code/mcp/renewal/verbs · Id: `page:code/mcp/renewal/verbs`

> The Renewal Verbs open as MCP do programs, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Renewal](/business/nouns/renewal), one group of [Renewal programs](/code/mcp/renewal).

### Renewal.open
Open starts the Renewal for a term Subscription before its term ends, with a usage review and any notice the legal floor requires. [Verb page](/business/nouns/renewal/open?interface=mcp).

```text
do: return await $.Renewal.open(input)
```

Emits [`Renewal.opened`](/business/events/Renewal.opened).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `subscription` | [Subscription](/business/nouns/subscription) | Yes | The Subscription whose term is ending. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `renewal` | [Renewal](/business/nouns/renewal) | Yes | The open Renewal. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```json
{
  "name": "do",
  "arguments": {
    "code": "return await $.Renewal.open({ subscription: 'sub_whVFaHKWIV' })"
  }
}
```